{"product_id":"miss-manhattan-paperback","title":"Miss Manhattan - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAudrey Munson's radiant rise begins with New York's great self-glorification at the 1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebration. Centerpiece for its grand banquet: a marble sculpture of the three graces. Eighteen-year-old Audrey modeled for all three.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon she is posing for statues before the Plaza Hotel and atop the Municipal Building, among others, and she is the first woman to appear naked in a movie. But times and tastes change-and then come the horrors of the Great War, when artists no longer sculpt lofty themes such as \"virtue\" and \"beauty.\" Her luminescent career eventually darkens into a trail of loss and despair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, in 1990, a young artist gradually recognizes the same face on statues throughout the city, inspiring an intricate and often frustrating search that will lead two remarkable women to touch hands across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101208482015,"sku":"9798888246825","price":24.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/aaDA4I-wB_9798888246825.webp?v=1781068472","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/miss-manhattan-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}